A&P Falmouth

A&P Falmouth is a ship repair, conversion and drydocking yard at the docks in Falmouth, Cornwall. It is part of the A&P Group, whose other operating yard is A&P Tyne, and Cammell Laird at Birkenhead is a sister company in the same group. No newbuilding is carried on at Falmouth. The yard works three graving docks, numbered 2, 3 and 4, and has capacity for vessels of up to 100,000 tonnes across the docks and the berthing together. The docks form part of the port infrastructure provided by the statutory harbour authority, Falmouth Docks and Engineering Company, and the yard works them rather than owning them. Four alongside berths give deepwater berthing: County and Duchy wharves carry 8.5 metres of draft, Queens Wharf 6.5 metres and the berth south of Queens 6 metres. Vessels are docked without gas-freeing, and in-water surveys are carried out. Workshops cover fabrication in 4,109 square metres, engineering in 3,244, joinery in 1,014 and electrical work in 875. Nine cranes serve the site for loads from 10 to 60 tonnes, and the yard also does paint work, bunkering and propeller polishing. The Ministry of Defence is a long-term customer, with agreements in some cases running for up to fifteen years, and P&O, Grimaldi, Condor, Gardline, Euroships and Stena UK are named among the commercial customers.